Places Edited by Kavya Ram Mohan

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This quaint museum tells about more than just the birth of Jesus: "betlémy" are an important piece of Czech history.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

A perfectly preserved hill village where the buildings are painted like white lace.

An ancient temple to the Hindu god Shiva surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

Two thirds of this Montreal neon icon has survived to flash another day.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

A monument to the small town of master violin makers and its countless luthiers.

A feminist who put a pretty face on suffrage when she rode a horse through the Capitol.

Stone carvings record the Norse myth of Sigurd, providing a glimpse into Scandinavia's transition from paganism to Christianity.

Why is there a vintage Rolls Royce in this Buddhist temple?

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

Where the Model T was made and the assembly line was invented.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.